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1 posted on 11/08/2017 2:24:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
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The company traced the problem to a design flaw in one of the helium canisters inside the rocket's second-stage liquid-oxygen tank....

Helium? Really? Explosive Helium

That must be some new kind of helium....

2 posted on 11/08/2017 2:36:25 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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The explosion occurred during a "qualification test" of a Merlin engine...

I guess it failed the test..................

3 posted on 11/08/2017 2:38:18 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Poor Saint Elon. Space X going the way of the Tesla 3....


4 posted on 11/08/2017 2:39:44 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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I still like Musk. He wants to be on Mars during my lifetime. He isn’t content to schedule a landing for 40 years from now, like NASA.


6 posted on 11/08/2017 3:04:52 PM PST by marron
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rocket science: just keep blowing up rockets until one finally flyies ...


7 posted on 11/08/2017 3:13:48 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Wow, a Merlin engine, not what I was expecting to read. A helium problem arose before, and is one of the motivations to move on into the Raptor engine design, which burns subcooled methane. Thanks BenLurkin.

23 posted on 11/09/2017 7:21:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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